Sydenham Campus Principal Message
Sydenham Campus- Principals’ Report
It has been wonderful to see all of our students and staff return to the Campus after the extended lockdown. Despite the changes to the campus- the library becoming a temporary staff office- students have settled back into their familiar routines. Our ‘welcome back’ cookies were a hit and we thank Belinda Palladino for organising them for our Campus. We are quickly approaching the end of our Champion year at the
Campus Goals
Sydenham Campus. The goals that we set for this year were;
* Increase student attendance and connectedness
* Increase in positive incidents – let’s catch the students doing the right thing
* Increase participation in Student Led Presentations (SLPs)
*Focus on adhering to established processes As we reflect on our year, we are very pleased with the progress we have made as a campus towards these goals and we thank the students and staff for their contributions. Our campus Leadership Team will be reviewing these goals and setting new priorities for 2022.
Planning 2022
The planning for 2022 continues the Year 10 students attend the Delahey campus to participate in the Year 11-12 Transition program November 22 - 26. These students will be undertaking a Year 12 subject as part of their Year 11 VCE course. Student feedback has been extremely positive. In 2022, we will have three (3) VCE classes running on the Sydenham campus. Current Year 9 students have chosen to undertake, Units 1 and 2 in Biology, Business Management or Psychology as part of their Year 10 program. We congratulate those students and their families in supporting them to begin their VCE program.
Year 9 students have been confirming their 2022 courses in this last week of term after the completion of the Step Up program.
Thank you to Karen Martin and the Year 9 and 10 Team Leaders for their continued work and support of the students in B and K Teams.
Year 7 2022
Year 7 2022 Information Evening was very well attended despite it being an online event. We had lots of excited Grade 6 students who attended the campus on Orientation Day, Tuesday Dec 7. Thank you to Lina Nicolas and Andrew Atherton for their work in putting the presentation together. Abraham Nyieth was also available to assist families in Dinka, and Tamara Ghazale and Ercan Hasip ably assisted with answering questions for students and families.
2021 Year 10 Celebration
The Year 10s celebration day was on Friday Nov 26 where we farewelled them while enjoying the ‘Principals Lunch’ reflecting on their four (4) years at the Sydenham Campus through a slide show of photos, speeches and performances. Campus Captains Maddie and Makayla delivered the closing address. Thank you to Team Leaders Belinda Galea and Melissa Talevski for collating the slide show.
Pasifika Student Leadership Program
Thursday December 2 we concluded the Rugby Mentoa- Pasifika Student Leadership Program. Our partnership with Charis Mentoring has fostered a wonderful opportunity to have students from Pasifika backgrounds come together to develop leadership skills and a deeper understanding of their culture. We are looking forward to extending this partnership into 2022.
Scholarships and Leaders
There have been many successes for our students over the last few months; Western Chances Scholarship winners, ABCN My Career Rules and Interview to Impress candidates and new student leaders for 2022;
Year 10 Campus Captains: Jazmin and Suela Year 10 Leader: Hannah
Year 9 Leaders: Bavnpreet and Eden
Year 8 Leaders: George and Angus
Year 10 Sport leader Koray
We will acknowledge these students in assemblies and award ceremonies before the end of the year.
Garden Windmill
Another success we would like to share with our college community is the beautiful windmill that was installed on Campus. Year 12 VCAL students completed this project as part of their PDS studies. Thank you to Chris Larkin and the students for their efforts.
Staff Leaving Copperfield College
On behalf of the College, we will be fare-welling the following staff members at the end of this year;
Lina Nicolas- Leading Teacher Community Engagement,
Mira Starek (retirement),
Brennan White- E Team Leader,
Belinda Galea - K Team Leader,
Linda Muirhead and Simon Burnett.
We extend our thanks to them for their care and support of the students and their families and for their contributions to the College.
Ms Mary Chiodo and Mr Michael Gruis
Campus Principals